Tröger

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Berufsname zu mhd. tröge/träger 'Träger, Lastenträger'; 2264 Belege

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/tʁøːɡɐ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Tröger is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 22K(inferred from the name graph)
  • FRFrance≈1 in 186K
  • USUnited States1 in 860Kas Troeger

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Tröger itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈3,700 people, est.

Sources
135 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 18K (inferred from the name graph)

Austria, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Troeger in US United States, LS Lesotho, ML Mali and Troger in FR France, AT Austria, CH Switzerland.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in German

Berufsname zu mhd. tröge/träger 'Träger, Lastenträger'; 2264 Belege. Varianten: Tröger, Troger.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Tröger counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Tröger is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany≈3,700 est.≈1 in 22KlistedTröger87
AT Austria≈490 est.≈1 in 18K—Troger39
US United States387as Troeger1 in 860K405Troeger130
FR France≈360 est.≈1 in 186K74Troger135
ML Mali≈230 est.≈1 in 84K—Troeger1
CH Switzerland1391 in 60K139Troger16
LS Lesotho≈38 est.≈1 in 52K—Troeger1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: the dfa-band-5 register; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Tröger is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Troger

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, Argentina, Switzerland, United States

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Troger

  • Swedish surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden, United States

    Languages: Swedish, Norwegian

    Also written Troger

  • Russian name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Troger

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Troger

  • Hindi name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Troger

14 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Tröger is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, Berufsname: Hersteller von Trögen; auch möglich als Wohnstätten- oder Herkunftsname. Bearer count: 2264.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

16001700180019002000Paul Troger, b. 1698Julius Tröger, b. 1862Hans Tröger, b. 1896Rudolf Tröger, b. 1905Paul Tröger, b. 1913Willy Tröger, b. 1928Karl-Armin Tröger, b. 1931Gottfried Tröger, b. 1935Sabine Tröger, b. 1967Christian Tröger, b. 1969

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Dear Tröger, (English)
InformalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 10 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Tröger
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)202434#24,910
DE GermanyDeutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 5———

Reference works 4

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Tröger?
A machine transcription gives /tʁøːɡɐ/ (IPA) for German.
What does the name Tröger mean?
Recorded meaning: Berufsname zu mhd. tröge/träger 'Träger, Lastenträger'; 2264 Belege.
In which country does Tröger have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 3.7 thousand people named Tröger in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled tröger.
How common is the name Tröger?
In Switzerland, the national register counted 139 people named Tröger in 2024, about 1 in 60 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Tröger”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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